The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Houses was secured by a novel provision that the electoral quota for the House of Repre- sentatives should be determined from time to time so as to make the number of members of the House of Representatives approximately double that of ...
... Houses was secured by a novel provision that the electoral quota for the House of Repre- sentatives should be determined from time to time so as to make the number of members of the House of Representatives approximately double that of ...
Page 444
... Houses ; and a consecutive dissolution , first of the House of Representatives , and then , if disagreement persisted , of the Senate . To all these plans objections were raised by one side or the other . At a joint sitting , the House ...
... Houses ; and a consecutive dissolution , first of the House of Representatives , and then , if disagreement persisted , of the Senate . To all these plans objections were raised by one side or the other . At a joint sitting , the House ...
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... Houses - testifies rather to the efficacy of the law than to the intensity of political interest . In 1919 preferential voting was established both for Senate and House elections , thereby in the House preventing the election of a ...
... Houses - testifies rather to the efficacy of the law than to the intensity of political interest . In 1919 preferential voting was established both for Senate and House elections , thereby in the House preventing the election of a ...
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